In today’s business world, the demand for skilled and knowledgeable accounting professionals is at an all-time high. Whether you’re aspiring to become a certified public accountant (CPA) or explore the realms of corporate finance, the Charles Albert Reid School of Business has a comprehensive accounting curriculum to equip you with the skills and insights needed to thrive in the ever-evolving field of accounting.
Brescia University offers both on-campus and online opportunities to complete your degree.
Acc 201: Principles of Accounting I
An introduction to financial accounting that explains the accounting principles and procedures used to record and report economic events of a business entity. Financial accounting focuses on the preparation of accounting information for users outside the business entity.
Acc 202: Principles of Accounting II
A continuation of the introduction to financial accounting principles and an introduction to managerial accounting. Managerial accounting focuses on the preparation and use of accounting information by management.
Acc 301 Intermediate Accounting I
Primary emphasis is directed to the basic concepts and theories underlying contemporary external financial reporting.
Acc 302: Intermediate Accounting II
Emphasis is placed on certain specialized accounting topics
Acc 304: Advanced Managerial Accounting
An investigation of the current trends in the practice of managerial accounting with an emphasis on the concepts and practices of information gathering, monitoring, and management control in manufacturing and service-oriented businesses.
Acc 401: Advanced Accounting
An in-depth conceptual study of advanced topics in areas of financial accounting.
Acc 406: Federal Entity Taxation
A comprehensive study of the federal income tax structure, compliance with federal code and regulations, and income tax planning for taxed and pass-through organizations.
Acc 410: Auditing
A comprehensive study and examination of the standards, principles, and procedures of independent auditing and the attest function. Some coverage of internal auditing.
BAd 103: Introduction to Software Applications
Survey of the Windows operating system and business software applications, including word processing, spreadsheet, presentation, and database software. Fulfills computer competency for Business or Accounting majors.
BAd 301: Business Law
A basic course dealing with the history and operation of the law, the law of contracts, and some description of other important segments of law useful to business students.
BAd 318: Business Statistics
Fundamental concepts and methods of statistics covering frequency distributions, measures of central tendency and dispersion, probability, probability distributions, sampling, estimation, statistical quality control, quantitative decision making, hypothesis testing, correlation analysis, regression analysis, and non-parametric statistics.
BAd 405: Management Information Systems
Examination of information needs of a business and how to plan, design, and implement a system to meet those needs.
BAd 499: Business Policy
A capstone case course with an emphasis on integrating the various functional areas of business. As cases are discussed, consideration is given to topics such as decision making, strategic planning, and organization theory.
Eco 202: Economic Concepts II (Microeconomics)
An introduction to the functions of an economic system with an emphasis on decision-making by individuals and firms in a market economy.
Fin 308: Financial Principles
An introduction to the basic principles, concepts, and analytical techniques of finance. Major topics include financial analysis and planning, working capital management, capital budgeting, cost of capital, and sources of capital.
Mgt 306: Management Concepts
The study of principles of management focused around a central core of planning, organizing, directing, controlling, and staffing.
Mkt 307: Marketing Concepts
The study of the principles of marketing around the themes of product, price, place, and promotion.
